Some lacked training for the 'positions of trust'

9:48 PM,
Mar. 12, 2014

The Navy has disqualified 151 sailors from 'positions of trust' because of a lack of training.

Written by

Tom Vanden Brook
| USA Today

The Navy disqualified 151 sailors serving as sexual assault counselors, instructors and recruiters - up from just five last year - after a review found that most of them lacked proper training, USA Today has learned.

The services have been scrubbing the ranks of troops serving in "positions of trust" for potential predators and poor performers since May. That's when Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the military to stand down to review its policies and personnel involved in combating the Pentagon's sexual assault crisis.